20 Jul
2001
20 Jul
'01
5:43 p.m.
"George@Orwellian.Org" asserted:
A different society.
It [a heavily armed population with a low homicide/crime rate] wouldn't work here.
I'm not sure where George's "here" is, but in the US the facts say otherwise. Every state that has increased the availability of concealed carry permits has seen dramatic decreases in crime (a 40% decrease in the case of Florida). For the last score of years, crime has been decreasing per capital as the number of guns in the US has increased both per capita and absolutely. The state that has NO restrictions on concealed carry, Vermont, is one of the very safest states in the union. S a n d y